Special Issues

Forests runs special issues to create collections of papers on specific topics. The aim is to build a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors who are experts in the subject and oversee the editorial process for papers. Papers published in a Special Issue will be collected together on a dedicated page of the journal website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Coastal Forested Wetland Conservation and Carbon Function submission deadline 1 Oct 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3012
Keywords: wetland conservation; carbon sequestration; carbon cycling; ecosystem services; coastal forested wetland
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Research, Assessment, and Management of Invasive Plant Species submission deadline 1 Oct 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 888
Keywords: invasion; alien species; plants; intraspecific variability; plant protection; woody plants; environmental stress; biodiversity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Forest Species Distribution, Diversity and Growth under Climate Change submission deadline 5 Oct 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6856 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; boreal; temperate forest; tree species diversity; forest composition and growth; disturbances; future forests
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)
Application of Biotechnology Techniques on Tree Species—Series II submission deadline 10 Oct 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8426 | Submission Open
Keywords: acclimatization; bioreactors; breeding; cloning; genetic transformation; in vitro; molecular biology; omics; rooting
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Forest Biomass, Carbon Neutrality, and Climate Change Mitigation
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submission deadline 10 Oct 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6793 | Submission Open
Keywords: carbon; biomass; forests; climate change; mitigation; bioenergy; wood products
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Innovation, Transition and Reconstruction of Forestry Oriented by Policies submission deadline 11 Oct 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3235 | Submission Open
Keywords: institutions; governance; social innovation; transformative changes; transdisciplinary approaches; stakeholder engagement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)
Abiotic Stress in Tree Species submission deadline 15 Oct 2023 | 12 articles | Viewed by 9240 | Submission Open
Keywords: drought; cold; heat; ionic stress; signaling; response  
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)
Geospatial Monitoring of Urban Green Space submission deadline 15 Oct 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6112 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban green spaces; remote sensing; deep learning; classification; geospatial techniques; monitoring; green infrastructure; SAR-based features; optical-based features
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)
Nature’s Wealth: Valuing and Enhancing Forest Ecosystem Goods and Services submission deadline 15 Oct 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2450 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest; ecosystem services; ecosystem goods; valuation; decision making
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)
Forest Restoration and Secondary Succession—Series II
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submission deadline 15 Oct 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1166 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest restoration approaches; indicators of restoration success; cost of restoration; succession trajectories; ecosystem services accrued from forest restoration; carbon sequestration and forest restoration; policy and governance related to forest restoration; secondary succession in logged over areas
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Lignin-Based Nano-Composites and Polymers for Environmental Applications
edited by and
submission deadline 16 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 195 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest resource; lignin; nanotechnology; lignin-based nanocomposites; chemical modification; lignin-based polymers; bio-adsorbent; water treatment; environmental application
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Productivity and Tolerance to Stresses in Eucalypt Plantations: Challenges and Opportunities
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submission deadline 18 Oct 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1393 | Submission Open
Keywords: abiotic stress; climate change; wood production; tree planting; carbon sequestration; tree breeding; water use; soil conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Dendrochemistry: Tools for Evaluating Variations in Past and Present Forest Environments
edited by Paul R Sheppard
submission deadline 20 Oct 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10868 | Submission Open
Keywords: dendrochemistry; environmental chemistry monitoring; dendrochronology; point-source contamination; non-point source pollution; public health; inorganic elements; element translocation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Forest Dynamics Models for Conservation, Restoration, and Management
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Oct 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3703 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest dynamics; forest growth model; climate change; forest management; carbon storage estimation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Effect of Nutrient Cycling on Forest Productivity submission deadline 20 Oct 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 634 | Submission Open
Keywords: nutrient cycling; litterfall and litter; decomposition; weed competition; biomass production; biogeochemistry cycling; agroforestry systems; soil fauna; atmospheric deposition
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)
Forest Ecosystem Resilience and Resistance under Climate Change
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest ecosystem; forest resilience; forest resistance; forest biodiversity; external disturbance; climate change; vegetation dynamics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Meteorology and Climate Change)
Ecological Specialism, Rarity, and Conservation of Forest Biodiversity
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submission deadline 20 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open
Keywords: niche breadth; specialization; generalist; biodiversity conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Economic Valuation of Forest Resources submission deadline 22 Oct 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1092 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest resources; forest goods and services; forest economics; valuation techniques; multiple values
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)
Effects of Disturbances on Forest Soil Biochemistry
edited by , , and Jiangbo Qiao
submission deadline 25 Oct 2023 | 11 articles | Viewed by 10442 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil microbe; soil fauna; soil biological network; human disturbances; climate changes; soil function; soil biochemistry; soil hydrologic function
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Advances in Mangrove Ecology
edited by , , Jonas C. Geburzi and Daniel Arturo Saavedra Hortua
submission deadline 25 Oct 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9623 | Submission Open
Keywords: mangroves; mangrove ecology; mangrove fauna; mangrove flora; mangrove microbiota; ecosystem dynamics and processes; biotic interactions; sediment dynamics and processes; ecosystem connectivity; species distribution; functional traits
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Soil Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Changes in Forests submission deadline 25 Oct 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 4674 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil nutrient; soil carbon; soil stoichiometry; soil nutrient-microbe-plant interactions; forest
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Functional Genomics and Molecular Genetics Studies on Plant Regulation
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submission deadline 25 Oct 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 3394 | Submission Open
Keywords: functional genomics; molecular genetics; plant regulation; transcriptome analysis; multi-omic; genetic variation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
New Theories and Methods in Tree and Stand Measurement and Modeling submission deadline 25 Oct 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 834 | Submission Open
Keywords: UAV tree measurement; mixed effect model; errors-in-variables model; machine learning model; tree growth and contour model; prediction model of biomass and carbon storage
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Ecological Restoration and Soil Amelioration in Forest Ecosystem
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submission deadline 25 Oct 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 631 | Submission Open
Keywords: afforestation; ecological imbalance; ecological restoration; forest; reference information
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Heavy Metals in Forests: Future Research Needs
edited by Panagiotis Michopoulos
submission deadline 25 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open
Keywords: heavy metals; deposition; forest soils; climate change; biogeochemistry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Tree Growth in Relation to Climate Change submission deadline 25 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open
Keywords: tree growth; ecotone; species northern and altitudinal limits; species range; boreal and temperate forests; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)
Clear-Cutting in Modern Forestry: New Approaches and Latest Findings submission deadline 27 Oct 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 708 | Submission Open
Keywords: clear-cutting; forest soils; biodiversity; plant communities of clear-cutting areas; plant and animal species associated with logging; young trees’ adaptation for logging; reforestation methods; natural reforestation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Reviews on Structure and Physical and Mechanical Properties of Wood submission deadline 30 Oct 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 26315 | Submission Open
Keywords: xylogenesis; cell wall: ultrastructure and chemical composition; macroscopic structure. juvenile and mature wood. reaction wood.; softwood anatomy; hardwood anatomy; water-wood relationships; mechanical properties of wood; electrical and thermal properties of wood; acoustic properties of wood; modified wood; wood degradation agents
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Forest Mechanization and Harvesting—Trends and Perspectives submission deadline 30 Oct 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2931 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest mechanization; timber extraction; biomass; ergonomics; efficiency; precision forestry; plantation forestry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Operations and Engineering)
Impacts of Extreme Climate Events on Forests submission deadline 30 Oct 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1361 | Submission Open
Keywords: tropical cyclones; freezing rain; snowstorm; prolonged drought and high temperature; tree physiology; plant functional trait; forest biodiversity; carbon and nutrient cycling; ecosystem stability; new concepts or theories TRANSLATE with x English Arabic Hebrew Polish Bulgarian Hindi Portuguese Catalan Hmong Daw Romanian Chinese Simplified Hungarian Russian Chinese Traditional Indonesian Slovak Czech Italian Slovenian Danish Japanese Spanish Dutch Klingon Swedish English Korean Thai Estonian Latvian Turkish Finnish Lithuanian Ukrainian French Malay Urdu German Maltese Vietnamese Greek Norwegian Welsh Haitian Creole Persian   //   TRANSLATE with COPY THE URL BELOW Back EMBED THE SNIPPET BELOW IN YOUR SITE Enable collaborative features and customize widget: Bing Webmaster Portal Back //
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards and Risk Management)
Sustainable Forest Management, Agroforestry Competencies and Regenerative Agriculture for Attaining 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) submission deadline 30 Oct 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 770 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable forest; management; agroforestry; modelling; lifecycle assessment; regenerative agriculture; sustainable development goals; soil; water; and biodiversity conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)
Chemical Study of Forest Bark and Potential Uses submission deadline 30 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open
Keywords: wood bark; chemical study; valorization; extraction; value added products; antioxidant activity; unused plant biomass; analytical approaches; chemical characterization; target compounds; method development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)
Plant-Mediated Volatile Emissions upon Abiotic Stress in Forests: Relationships with Photosynthetic Traits
edited by Arooran Kanagendran and
submission deadline 30 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open
Keywords: BVOCs; abiotic stress; photosynthesis; terpenoids; atmospheric chemistry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)
Fire Ecology and Management in Forest submission deadline 31 Oct 2023 | 12 articles | Viewed by 13203 | Submission Open
Keywords: wildfire; prescribed burning; fire ecology; fire regime; fire behavior; fuel characteristics and management; fire prediction and fighting techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards and Risk Management)
Forest Soil Carbon Cycle in Response to Global Change
edited by , Jingsheng Xie and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2023 | 10 articles | Viewed by 11724 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest ecosystem; species diversity; forest productivity; soil carbon decomposition and formation; microbial diversity; global change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)
Advances in Resilient Adaptation to Climate Change in the Forest Sector
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2023 | 9 articles | Viewed by 9492 | Submission Open
Keywords: resilient adaptation; climate change; spatial assessment; adaptation capacity; climate risk; carbon neutral
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Meteorology and Climate Change)
Advances in Forest Growth and Biomass Estimation
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7537 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomass assessment methods; allometry; carbon storage; biomass allocation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Fungal Biodiversity, Systematics, and Evolution submission deadline 31 Oct 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2921 | Submission Open
Keywords: mushrooms; biotechnology; fungal taxonomy; fungal phylogeny; fungal ecology; secondary metabolites of fungi; biological activities of fungi; artificial cultivation of fungi; ectomycorrhizal fungi
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)
Diversity, Taxonomy and Functions of Forest Microorganisms submission deadline 31 Oct 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2379 | Submission Open
Keywords: fungi; bacteria; nematode; phytoplasma; phylogeny; morphology; plant diseases
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)
Soil Nutrient Cycling and Microbial Dynamics in Forests
edited by , Jianping Wu and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2204 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil nutrients; soil microbes; soil– food web; soil function; soil water; climate change; forest management practice; decomposition
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
Science and Technology of Lignocellulosic Materials submission deadline 31 Oct 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1892 | Submission Open
Keywords: wood bark; lignocellulosic biomass; chemistry structure; cellulose; lignin; hemicelluloses; extractives; fine chemicals; decomposition; nanocrystalline cellulose; nanofibrillated cellulose; nanolignin; advanced methods; characterization; application; bionanocomposites; biopolymers; biodegradable
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
Advanced Statistical Modeling in Forests Climate Change and Natural Hazards submission deadline 31 Oct 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1815 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest fires; landslides; floods; droughts; soil erosion; climate change; pest and pathogen outbreaks; other hazards; species distribution models and climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards and Risk Management)
Molecular Markers in Forest Management and Tree Breeding
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1163 | Submission Open
Keywords: molecular markers; forest management; tree breeding; genetics; genomics; conservation; breeding programs; marker-assisted selection; DNA markers; genetic diversity; population genetics; genetic improvement; phenotypic variation; forest biotechnology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Sustainable Investments in Urban and Periurban Environments through Nature-Based Solutions: Novel Approaches and Methods submission deadline 31 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 326 | Submission Open
Keywords: integrated assessment methods; ecosystem services assessment; sustainable finance criteria; real estate market; impact investment decisions; urban forests/trees
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)
Geospatial Technologies for Forests Carbon Stock Assessment in the Tropics submission deadline 31 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 306 | Submission Open
Keywords: tropical forests; carbon stock; carbon offset; sequestration; biomass carbon; assessment techniques; monitoring approach; land use; net-zero; geospatial; GIS
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Prognosis of Forest Production Using Machine Learning Techniques submission deadline 31 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; forest production; carbon storage; remote sensing; model prediction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)
Application of Molecular Genetic Tools for Forest Pathology submission deadline 31 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open
Keywords: molecular genetics; forest pathology; disease identification; pest detection; pathogen detection; phylogenetic analysis; disease management; host– pathogen interactions; fungal diversity; next-generation sequencing; barcoding; meta-barcoding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Health)
Composites from Recycled and Modified Woods—Technology, Properties, Application—Series II submission deadline 31 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open
Keywords: wood composites; particleboards; plywood; recycled wood; modified wood; processing; finishing; physical– mechanical properties; service life; bio-resistance; abio-resistance TRANSLATE with x English Arabic Hebrew Polish Bulgarian Hindi Portuguese Catalan Hmong Daw Romanian Chinese Simplified Hungarian Russian Chinese Traditional Indonesian Slovak Czech Italian Slovenian Danish Japanese Spanish Dutch Klingon Swedish English Korean Thai Estonian Latvian Turkish Finnish Lithuanian Ukrainian French Malay Urdu German Maltese Vietnamese Greek Norwegian Welsh Haitian Creole Persian   //   TRANSLATE with COPY THE URL BELOW Back EMBED THE SNIPPET BELOW IN YOUR SITE Enable collaborative features and customize widget: Bing Webmaster Portal Back //
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)
The Regulation Mechanism of the Formation of Important Characteristics in Woody Plants
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open
Keywords: woody plant; important characteristics; regulation mechanism; special metabolism; morphological development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
Wildlife Hunting and Conservation in Forests
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open
Keywords: hunting; human– wildlife conflict; attitudes toward hunting; attitudes toward conservation; invasive alien species; rural development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)
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